The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25


Salt Lake is Specially fortunate al being
aole To secure ample wafer as readily
as she can.
IN The matter of u
LIGHTING FACILITIES,
this city may be said to be we'll pro
vided for. she has exEensive gas works
as well as both the arc and the incan-
descent electric lights. The latter are
Largely used in combination VITO gas il
business houses and on principal
| streets, but the streets gen raIiy are
lighted with gas, there DeIng several
nun red gas lamps III tue various parts
Of the city. The total length OF the gas
mains laid is about fifteen miles, and
THESE are being constant y excluded as
! occasion requires. There is eV=ry iacil
Ity at d mOurate cost to render this one
Of the best llghted Of citl,s. s. .
Els where III our columns will be
| Seen quite detailed account Of our
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
SO we need here only cali passing atten-
Oon to it. 1t will be seen from that
article that the fire department is one
of the most effective, as we'll as one Of
the most econ0mIcal of any of the
cities of the same size In the Uni ed
| States. 1t Will De seen there that IN the
past ten years The yearly actual loss per
| capita by l'e has been about 81 cents !;
60 cents per capita from fire. aud 81
Ecents for the maintenance of the tire
depar ment. This IS al exceedingly
low rate, aud one from which II may be
Inferred that the city is unusually well
prUte red against disastrous fires.
which fact is generally known sud ap-
| preci&ted 10y insurance agents through
out the country.
! TIE sTRRET-CAR LINES
are at present, about eleven miles il
length. practically king in all parts OF
the city. On these lines the customary
fare is cents. There are some consid-
cradle extensions contemplated in the
near future, which will largely increase
the mileage. The lines st present are
oper2ted by horses YET there is little
| question that the near future will be he
Introduction Of either the cable or the
electric load. Indeed, during the past
summer, there was project to build
anAeiecric road along Second South
! Street from near the Jordan and run
| ming east to Fort Douglas. This would
cutthe city at its centre, and would
| have length of Ave or SIX miles. 1t is
probs bic that the coming year may see
SOM such plan put into execution.
THE RAILROAD ADVANTAGES
OF this city are considerable, but it is
expected that the next few years will
see them greatly increased. Several
big eastern roads, notably the Missouri
Pacific, the Burlington, the Rock
Island, and some others. arc known to
be heading in this direction in an en-
deavor to get an outlet to the Coast.
| 1t is certain that Salt Lake will be an
| Elective point for some of these And
these railroads will find ample support
here The rich mineral country which
lies around us will develop an immense
traffic. aud Utah in many ways will be-
come the storehouse for ons-hslf the
country.
Salt Lake has quite number of
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS,
and the various churches have organ
lied systems of aiding the needy ones
of the community. Among these in
stitutions worthy Of note may be men
toned the three hospitals, the st
Marks, the st. Mary's and the Deseret,
which have done q good work IN the
com immunity and supplying a much
needed office. These are kept up largely
by private subscription. aud charges,
which are rendered Is light as Dractic-
able, upon the inmates. q Among other
charitable enterprises NAV be noted the
desf-mute department of the Univer-
sity, which has proved real blessing
to large number of these unfortunates.
There are also number of philan-
thropic societies in the city whose
members, through public entertain
ments OF various sorts. have been a
fruitful sourceof coed in our midst.
In the matter OF
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
this community has no reason to be
ashamed, There is a general district
school system throughout the.Territory,
and there is one of these schools in
esch ward OF this city, The grade of
the schools Is fairly good and are con-
stantly improving. Although there
Is no Tree system, the tut
ton fees at these schools are
nominal, inasmuch as there is a
Territorial school tax which materially
is-sens them. Besides this general
system, there are quite a number of
denomipatioual schools. some of them
# very high order. besides private
seminaries, academies, etc There il
also situated in this city the Deseret
University. which is largely kept up
by Territorial appropriations, and is
an institution of superior grade. This |
latter institution draws from this aud |
neighb9ring territories, and has at this |
time upwards of $40 students. On the |
whole. we have reason to be pleased |
with the educational facilities at our
command. aud there is a spirit abroad |
TO increase ard improve these rs our
growing importance demands.